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Viacom18 Studios
Indian film studio
Summary
Indian film studio
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Viacom18 Studios |
| logo | Viacom18 Studios Logo.png |
| logo_size | 220px |
| former_name | Indian Films |
| Studio 18 | |
| Viacom18 Motion Pictures | |
| type | Subsidiary |
| area_served | Worldwide |
| key_people | Ajit Andhare (COO) |
| industry | Film |
| owner | JioStar |
| homepage | |
| foundation | |
| defunct | 2025 |
| fate | Absorbed into Disney Star |
| successor | Star Studio18 |
| subsidiaries | Tipping Point Films |
| location | Mumbai, India |
Studio 18 Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Viacom18 Studios was an Indian film distribution and production company. It was a subsidiary of JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Viacom18 and Disney India. Based in Mumbai, it was one of the first studio model based motion picture & content production business in India, with an operation that involves acquisition, production, syndication, marketing and worldwide distribution of full-length feature films as well as digital only films, web series, short films.
Due to Viacom being one of the partners in the company at that time, they also distribute films from Paramount Pictures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka since 2011, starting with Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Following the merger of Viacom18 and Disney Star, the company was merged with Star Studios, Disney Star's production company, to form Star Studio18.
Filmography
Films produced
| Release date | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Bas Ek Pal | Onir | As Indian Films |
| Bhagam Bhag | Priyadarshan | As Indian Films | |
| 2007 | 1971 | Amrit Sagar | As Studio 18 |
| Kya Love Story Hai | Lovely Singh | As Studio 18 | |
| Jab We Met | Imtiaz Ali | As Indian Films | |
| Welcome | Anees Bazmee | As Indian Films | |
| 2008 | Halla Bol | Rajkumar Santoshi | As Indian Films |
| Bhoothnath | Vivek Sharma | As Indian Films | |
| Singh Is Kinng | Anees Bazmee | As Indian Films | |
| Kidnap | Sanjay Gadhvi | As Indian Films | |
| Golmaal Returns | Rohit Shetty | As Indian Films | |
| Little Zizou | Sooni Taraporevala | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Dil Kabaddi | Anil Sharma | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Ghajini | AR Murugadoss | As Indian Films | |
| 2009 | Short Kut | Neeraj Vora | As Indian Films; remake of Malayalam movie Udayananu Tharam |
| Luck | Soham Shah | As Indian Films; adaptation of 2001 Spanish thriller film Intacto | |
| Life Partner | Rumi Jaffery | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Road, Movie | Dev Benegal | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Fruit and Nut | Kunal Vijaykar | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Gurinder Chadha | As Indian Films and Studio 18 |
| Striker | Chandan Arora | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Hum Tum Aur Ghost | Kabeer Kaushik | As Indian Films and Studio 18; remake of 2008 Hollywood film Ghost Town, Inspired from the Hollywood films The Sixth Sense (1999), Heart and Souls (1993) | |
| That Girl in Yellow Boots | Anurag Kashyap | ||
| 2011 | Tanu Weds Manu | Aanand L. Rai | |
| Pyaar Ka Punchnama | Luv Ranjan | ||
| Shaitan | Bejoy Nambiar | ||
| Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap | Puri Jagannadh | ||
| Speedy Singhs | Robert Lieberman | English film, Dubbed in Hindi language. | |
| Loot | Rajnish Raj Thakur | ||
| 2012 | Players | Abbas–Mustan | Remake of 1969 British film The Italian Job |
| Kahaani | Sujoy Ghosh | ||
| Blood Money | Vishal Mahadkar | ||
| Bittoo Boss | Supavitra Babul | ||
| Department | Ram Gopal Varma | ||
| Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 | Anurag Kashyap | First Installment of Gangs of Wasseypur | |
| Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | Second Installment of Gangs of Wasseypur | |
| OMG – Oh My God! | Umesh Shukla | Based on the 2001 Australian film The Man Who Sued God and the storyline is based on Gujarati Stage play Kanji Virudh Kanji | |
| Aiyyaa | Sachin Kundalkar | ||
| Keymon & Nani In Space Adventure | DQ Entertainment | Animated Film | |
| Son of Sardaar | Ashwni Dhir | Remake of Telugu film Maryada Ramanna | |
| 2013 | Inkaar | Sudhir Mishra | |
| Special 26 | Neeraj Pandey | Based on the 1987 Opera House heist in Mumbai, Maharashtra | |
| Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns | Tigmanshu Dhulia | Second Installment of Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster | |
| Chasme Baddoor | David Dhawan | Remake of 1981 Bollywood film Chashme Buddoor | |
| Bombay Talkies | Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap | Anthology film | |
| Zapatlela 2 | Mahesh Kothare | Based on the Don Mancini's Hollywood movie Child's Play. It was the first Marathi Cinema film to be shot in 3D. | |
| Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Life of an Indian Athlete Milkha Singh | |
| Luv U Soniyo | Joe Rajan | ||
| Madras Cafe | Shoojit Sircar | Debut film of Bollywood South Indian actress Raashi Khanna | |
| Boss | Anthony D'Souza | Remake of 2010 Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja | |
| Bhaji in Problem | Smeep Kang | Punjabi film | |
| What the Fish | Gurmeet Singh | ||
| 2014 | One By Two | Devika Bhagat | |
| The Royal Bengal Tiger | Neeraj Pandey | Based on the Chuck Palahniuk's English Novel Fight Club | |
| Queen | Vikas Bahl | ||
| Manjunath | Sandeep A. | Based on the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow graduate Shanmugam Manjunath who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh in November 2005 | |
| Mary Kom | Omung Kumar | Based on the life of Indian Boxer Mary Kom. | |
| Gollu Aur Pappu | Kabir Sadanand | ||
| Mumbai Delhi Mumbai | Satish Rajwade | Remake of 2010 Marathi film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai | |
| Margarita with a Straw | Shonali Bose | ||
| 2015 | Rahasya | Manish Gupta | |
| Dharam Sankat Mein | Fuwad Khan | Remake of 2010 British film The Infidel | |
| Gabbar Is Back | Krish Jagarlamudi | Remake of 2002 Tamil movie Ramanaa | |
| Drishyam | Nishikant Kamat | ||
| Manjhi – The Mountain Man | Ketan Mehta | Based on the life of Mountain Man Dashrath Manjhi Jointly produced by NFDC India | |
| Time Out | Rikhil Bahadur | ||
| Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | Luv Ranjan | ||
| Black | Raja Chanda | Indo-Bangladesh film | |
| 2016 | Airlift | Raja Krishna Menon | |
| Santa Banta Pvt Ltd | Akashdeep Sahir | ||
| Budhia Singh – Born to Run | Soumendra Padhi | Based on the Life of India's Youngest Marathon Runner Budhia Singh | |
| Photocopy | Vijay Maurya | Marathi Film, co-production with Neha Rajpal Productions | |
| Motu Patlu: King of Kings | Suhas D. Kadav | Animated Film | |
| Force 2 | Abhinay Deo | ||
| 2017 | Rangoon | Vishal Bhardwaj | Based on the life and times of Mary Ann Evans aka Fearless Nadia |
| Toilet: Ek Prem Katha | Shree Narayan Singh | ||
| Lucknow Central | Nikkhil Adwani | Based on the Bengali film Muktodhara | |
| Aval (The House Next Door) in Hindi | Milind Rau | Released in Tamil, Hindi languages and dubbed in Telugu as Gruham | |
| 2018 | Padmaavat | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi |
| Aapla Manus | Satish Rajwade | Marathi film, A film adaptation of the Marathi play Katkon Trikon by Dr Vivek Bele | |
| Manto | Nandita Das | Based on the Prominent Urdu Novelist Saadat Hasan Manto. | |
| Andhadhun | Sriram Raghavan | ||
| Jalebi: The Everlasting Taste of Love | Pushpdeep Bhardwaj | ||
| Baazaar | Gauravv K. Chawla | ||
| 2019 | Bhai: Vyakti Ki Valli | Mahesh Manjrekar | Based on the life of Marathi writer and humorist Pu La Deshpande |
| Thackeray | Abhijit Panse | Based on the life of Shiv Sena Party leader Bal Thackeray, Released in Hindi, Marathi languages | |
| Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel | B. Unnikrishnan | Malayalam film | |
| Romeo Akbar Walter | Robbie Grewal | ||
| Manmadhudu 2 | Rahul Ravindran | Telugu film, Sequel of 2002 film Manmadhudu, Remake of 2006 French film I Do | |
| Motichoor Chaknachoor | Debamitra Biswal | ||
| The Body | Jeethu Joseph | Remake of 2012 Spanish film The Body. It was Already remade in 2016 Tamil-Kannada film Game and Oru Melliya Kodu | |
| Thambi | Jeethu Joseph | Tamil film | |
| 2020 | Shimla Mirchi | Ramesh Sippy | |
| Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal | Desingh Periyasamy | ||
| Krishna and His Leela | Ravikanth Perepu | ||
| 2021 | Sarbath | Prabhakaran | Tamil film |
| Bhramam | Ravi K. Chandran | Remake of 2018 Bollywood film Andhadhun | |
| 2022 | Hey Sinamika | Brinda | Tamil film |
| Gehraiyaan | Shakun Batra | ||
| Jugjugg Jeeyo | Raj Mehta | ||
| Shabaash Mithu | Srijit Mukherji | Based on the life of current Test and ODI captain of the India women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj | |
| Nitham Oru Vaanam | Ra. Karthik | Co-produced with Rise East Entertainment | |
| Laal Singh Chaddha | Advait Chandan | Remake of 1994 Hollywood film Forrest Gump. | |
| Drishyam 2 | Abhishek Pathak | Second part of Drishyam film | |
| Govinda Naam Mera | Shashank Khaitan | Co-produced with Dharma Productions | |
| 2023 | Zwigato | Nandita Das | |
| Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani | Karan Johar | ||
| OMG 2 | Amit Rai | ||
| Suspect | Samir Karnik | ||
| Dhak Dhak | Tarun Dudeja | ||
| Shastry Viruddh Shastry | Nandita Roy | ||
| Shiboprosad Mukherjee | |||
| 2024 | Fighter | Siddharth Anand | Also distributor |
| Jigra | Vasan Bala | ||
| 2025 | Logout | Amit Golani |
Films distributed
| Year | Film | Director | Production Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kya Love Story Hai | Lovely Singh | VR Entertainers | |
| Adlabs Films | As Studio 18 | |||
| Jab We Met | Imtiaz Ali | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Welcome | Anees Bazmee | UTV Motion Pictures | ||
| Base Industries Group | As Indian Films | |||
| 2008 | Bhoothnath | Vivek Sharma | Eros International | |
| B.R. Films | As Indian Films | |||
| Singh Is Kinng | Anees Bazmee | Big Pictures | ||
| Hari Om Entertainment | ||||
| Blockbuster Movie Entertainers | ||||
| Adlabs Films | As Indian Films | |||
| Kidnap | Sanjay Gadhvi | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Golmaal Returns | Rohit Shetty | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Little Zizou | Sooni Taraporevala | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | ||
| Dil Kabaddi | Anil Sharma | Paramhans Creations | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2009 | Short Kut | Neeraj Vora | Anil Kapoor Film Company | As Indian Films |
| Luck | Soham Shah | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision | As Indian Films | |
| Life Partner | Rumi Jaffery | Burmawala Bros | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Road, Movie | Dev Benegal | August Entertainment | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Gurinder Chadha | Icon Productions | |
| Bend It Films | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |||
| Striker | Chandan Arora | Makefilms | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| Hum Tum Aur Ghost | Kabeer Kaushik | Shooting Star Films | As Indian Films and Studio 18 | |
| 2011 | Tanu Weds Manu | Aanand L. Rai | Soundrya Production | |
| Shaitan | Bejoy Nambiar | Tipping Point Films, Anurag Kashyap Films, Getaway Films | ||
| Keymon & Nani in Space Adventure | Swarna Prasad | Nickelodeon India, DQ Entertainment International | ||
| Loot | Rajnish Raj Thakur | Popcorn Motion Pictures | ||
| 2012 | Players | Abbas–Mustan | Paramount Pictures, Viacom18 Motion Pictures | |
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | AKFPL | Sequel of Gangs of Wasseypur | |
| 2013 | Luv U Soniyo | Joe Rajan | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | |
| 2014 | Anaamika | Sekhar Kammula | Endemol India | |
| 2015 | Drishyam | Nishikant Kamat | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Panorama Studios | |
| Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | Luv Ranjan | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Luv Films | Second installment of Pyaar Ka Punchnama | |
| Nanak Shah Fakir | Sartaj Singh Pannu | Gurbani Media | Punjabi film | |
| 2016 | Force 2 | Abhinay Deo | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, JA Entertainment, Sunshine Pictures | Second installment of Force |
| Gods of Egypt | Alex Proyas | Summit Entertainment, Mystery Clock Cinema | Indian theatrical distribution only | |
| Nerve | Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Lionsgate, Allison Shearmur Productions | Indian theatrical distribution only | |
| Deepwater Horizon | Peter Berg | Summit Entertainment, Participant Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage | ||
| La La Land | Damien Chazelle | Summit Entertainment | ||
| Patriots Day | Peter Berg | Lionsgate, CBS Films, Bluegrass Films, Closest to the Hole Productions | ||
| 2017 | Power Rangers | Dean Israelite | Lionsgate, SCG Films, Temple Hill Entertainment | |
| 2018 | Andhadhun | Sriram Raghavan | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Matchbox Pictures | |
| Jalebi: The Everlasting Taste of Love | Pushpdeep Bhardwaj | Vishesh Films | Remake of 2016 Bengali film Praktan | |
| 2022 | Gangubai Kathiawadi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Pen India Limited, Bhansali Productions | International distribution only; distributed by Pen Marudhar Cine Entertainment in India |
| Cobra | R. Ajay Gnanamuthu | Viacom18 Studios | Tamil Film | |
| Jugjugg Jeeyo | Raj Mehta | Dharma Productions | ||
| 2024 | Jigra | Vasan Bala | Dharma Productions, Eternal Sunshine Productions |
Web series
| Year | Title | Language | Network | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega | Hindi | Netflix | ||
| Taj Mahal 1989 | |||||
| She | |||||
| 2021 | Ray | ||||
| 2023 | Kaalkoot | JioCinema | |||
| 2024 | Murder In Mahim | ||||
| Gaanth Chapter 1: Jamnaa Paar |
References
References
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- "Viacom 18 Motion Pictures to Distribute Films From Paramount Pictures in India". screendaily.com.
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- (6 November 2012). "Nick's Keymon Ache to make its theatrical debut on 9 November". Indian Television Dot Com.
- Phadke, Aparna. (6 June 2013). "Don't blame the audience for poor run of Marathi films in Vidarbha: Mahesh Kothare". [[The Times of India]].
- Kulkarni, Pooja. (1 October 2012). "M-Town is ready to scare with 'Zapatlela 2'". [[The Times of India]].
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- (5 October 2017). "Mani Ratnam isn't a fan of horror films: Milind Rau".
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- (18 February 2016). "Viacom18 Motion Pictures to Release Gods of Egypt in India".
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- Mandhani, Bobby. (14 February 2022). "Gangubai Kathiawadi: "I didn't know who Gangubai is, I only got to know once I read the script", says Alia".
- (23 December 2019). "Jamtara trailer: Netflix dives into India's phishing capital, watch". Hindustan Times.
- (2020-02-05). "Netflix Reveals Release Date for Next Indian Original, Taj Mahal 1989".
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- (18 July 2023). "'Kaalkoot' trailer: Vijay Varma headlines crime drama about an acid attack".
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